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1. Jethro Tull

1835 Cotton Industry Good Worker Happy | Andrew Ure Believed That Conditions Were Improving For The Working People. Ure Wrote In 1835 In His Study Of The Cotton Industry That Conditions In Most Factories Were Not Harsh And Were Even Quite Good.Smallpox Inoculation By Injecting Small Pox Into A Person To Make Them Immune To Smallpox By Giving Them A Mini InfectionInnovator Seed Drill Selective Breeding And Using Horses Instead Of Oxen As Horses Were FasterSalon Hostess Who Bettered Herself Through Informal Education

2. Andrew Ure

Salon Hostess Who Bettered Herself Through Informal EducationInnovator Seed Drill Selective Breeding And Using Horses Instead Of Oxen As Horses Were FasterSmallpox Inoculation By Injecting Small Pox Into A Person To Make Them Immune To Smallpox By Giving Them A Mini Infection1835 Cotton Industry Good Worker Happy | Andrew Ure Believed That Conditions Were Improving For The Working People. Ure Wrote In 1835 In His Study Of The Cotton Industry That Conditions In Most Factories Were Not Harsh And Were Even Quite Good.

3. Madame Geoffrin

1835 Cotton Industry Good Worker Happy | Andrew Ure Believed That Conditions Were Improving For The Working People. Ure Wrote In 1835 In His Study Of The Cotton Industry That Conditions In Most Factories Were Not Harsh And Were Even Quite Good.Innovator Seed Drill Selective Breeding And Using Horses Instead Of Oxen As Horses Were FasterSalon Hostess Who Bettered Herself Through Informal EducationSmallpox Inoculation By Injecting Small Pox Into A Person To Make Them Immune To Smallpox By Giving Them A Mini Infection

4. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

5. Philip II

Salon Hostess Who Bettered Herself Through Informal EducationInnovator Seed Drill Selective Breeding And Using Horses Instead Of Oxen As Horses Were FasterPhillip II Was The King Of Spain From 1556 To 1598 During The Latter Half Of The Reformation. King Phillip Was Also King Of Naples (1558 - 1598) And King Of Portugal (1581 - 1598). From 1554 To 1558 - He Was Also King Of England And Ireland Due To His Marriage To Queen Mary I Of England. | Was Extremely Significant During His Reign In Europe. During His Rule - Spain Reached Its Height Of Power With Territories In Every Known Continent To Europeans During That Time. Along With His Exploration Successes - King Phillip Also Fought The Ottomans In The Mediterranean Sea Where His Armies Defeated The Ottoman Fleet In 1571. King Phillip Was Also A Devout Catholic And Supported Aggressive Foreign Action In Religious Matters. He Provided Aid To The Catholic League In France And Declared War On England In An Unsuccessful Bid To End Protestantism In Both Of Those Countries. | "Catholic Catholic Catholic" | Devout Catholic King Of Spain - Fights Revolts In Netherlands - English - Reigned Over New World (S American Territory) And W Habsburg Lands. Helps Defeat Ottomans W/ Catholic Alliance At Lepanto1835 Cotton Industry Good Worker Happy | Andrew Ure Believed That Conditions Were Improving For The Working People. Ure Wrote In 1835 In His Study Of The Cotton Industry That Conditions In Most Factories Were Not Harsh And Were Even Quite Good.

6. John Knox

1835 Cotton Industry Good Worker Happy | Andrew Ure Believed That Conditions Were Improving For The Working People. Ure Wrote In 1835 In His Study Of The Cotton Industry That Conditions In Most Factories Were Not Harsh And Were Even Quite Good.Created Presbyterian Church | Passionate Preacher - Reformed Scotland (Copied Calvin A Lot)Salon Hostess Who Bettered Herself Through Informal EducationInnovator Seed Drill Selective Breeding And Using Horses Instead Of Oxen As Horses Were Faster

7. Charles Vi Pragmatic Sanction

In An Attempt To Secure Habsburg Lands - Charles Vi Made Everyone Sign The Pragmatic Sanction Guaranteeing The Habsburg Lineage Would Be Safe- Or So He ThoughtInnovator Seed Drill Selective Breeding And Using Horses Instead Of Oxen As Horses Were Faster1835 Cotton Industry Good Worker Happy | Andrew Ure Believed That Conditions Were Improving For The Working People. Ure Wrote In 1835 In His Study Of The Cotton Industry That Conditions In Most Factories Were Not Harsh And Were Even Quite Good.Salon Hostess Who Bettered Herself Through Informal Education

8. Great Elector

Innovator Seed Drill Selective Breeding And Using Horses Instead Of Oxen As Horses Were Faster1835 Cotton Industry Good Worker Happy | Andrew Ure Believed That Conditions Were Improving For The Working People. Ure Wrote In 1835 In His Study Of The Cotton Industry That Conditions In Most Factories Were Not Harsh And Were Even Quite Good.Salon Hostess Who Bettered Herself Through Informal EducationFrederick William The Great Elector Was Able To Use The Prussian Estates' Misfortune To His Own Advantage. The Prussian Estates And Local Nobility Were Weakened By The 30 Years War. Enough So That They Accepted Frederick William The Great Elector's Proposal To Take Over Control And Serve As The Great Elector | Unified Three Separate Provinces Into Prussia

9. Catherine De Medici

1835 Cotton Industry Good Worker Happy | Andrew Ure Believed That Conditions Were Improving For The Working People. Ure Wrote In 1835 In His Study Of The Cotton Industry That Conditions In Most Factories Were Not Harsh And Were Even Quite Good.The Queen Consort Of France 1547 Until 1559. After The Death Of Her Husband In 1559 - She Served As The Ruler Behind The Scenes Of Her Three Son's Successive Reigns. Under Her Children's Governments - France Was Ravaged By The French Wars Of Religion Which She Played An Important Part In Starting And Continuing. | Significance: Was Extremely Powerful Woman Who Exercised Power Behind The Title Of Her Sons. Catherine Is Blamed For The French Wars Of Religion Especially After The St. Bartholomew's Massacre In 1572 When Thousands Of Huguenots Were Killed In Paris.Salon Hostess Who Bettered Herself Through Informal EducationInnovator Seed Drill Selective Breeding And Using Horses Instead Of Oxen As Horses Were Faster

10. Elizabeth

Salon Hostess Who Bettered Herself Through Informal Education1835 Cotton Industry Good Worker Happy | Andrew Ure Believed That Conditions Were Improving For The Working People. Ure Wrote In 1835 In His Study Of The Cotton Industry That Conditions In Most Factories Were Not Harsh And Were Even Quite Good.Innovator Seed Drill Selective Breeding And Using Horses Instead Of Oxen As Horses Were FasterSucceeded After Catholic Bloody Mary | Politique Shrewd Strong Leader Who Never Took A Husband To Preserve Her Power - Made England Great Transformed Herself Into An Embodiment Of England

11. Galen

Salon Hostess Who Bettered Herself Through Informal EducationInnovator Seed Drill Selective Breeding And Using Horses Instead Of Oxen As Horses Were Faster1835 Cotton Industry Good Worker Happy | Andrew Ure Believed That Conditions Were Improving For The Working People. Ure Wrote In 1835 In His Study Of The Cotton Industry That Conditions In Most Factories Were Not Harsh And Were Even Quite Good.Old Middle Ages Scientist - Who Was Largely Incorrect - But Popular. Was Disproven By Harvey

12. Castiglione

Innovator Seed Drill Selective Breeding And Using Horses Instead Of Oxen As Horses Were Faster1835 Cotton Industry Good Worker Happy | Andrew Ure Believed That Conditions Were Improving For The Working People. Ure Wrote In 1835 In His Study Of The Cotton Industry That Conditions In Most Factories Were Not Harsh And Were Even Quite Good.Salon Hostess Who Bettered Herself Through Informal EducationWrote Book Of The Cortier | The Book Of The Cortier Embodied A "Renaissance Man" Renaissance Men Had To Be Well Educated In Classical Texts - Be Multi Talented Enough To Play A Musical Instrument - And Look Well Put Together And Educated Without Betraying The Large Amount Of Effort Necessary To Do So.

13. Henry Iv Of Navarre And The Duke Of Sully

Henry Rose To Power In A Civil War Wracked Country - He Promised A Chicken In Every Pot Genuinely Cared About His People And Helped France. Appointed Duke Of Sully To Chief Minister - Kept France Out Of Wars. Sharply Lowered Taxes On Peasants-Made Money By Introducing The Paulette Which Was A Tax Nobles Had To Pay To Ensure Their Children Would Inherit Their Titles And Offices. | Sully Was An Effective Administrator- Combined And Streamlined Remaining Taxes- Encourage And Subsidize Trade - Build HighwaysSalon Hostess Who Bettered Herself Through Informal Education1835 Cotton Industry Good Worker Happy | Andrew Ure Believed That Conditions Were Improving For The Working People. Ure Wrote In 1835 In His Study Of The Cotton Industry That Conditions In Most Factories Were Not Harsh And Were Even Quite Good.Innovator Seed Drill Selective Breeding And Using Horses Instead Of Oxen As Horses Were Faster

14. William Cockerill

Lancashire Carpenter He And His Sons Built English Cotton Spinning Equipment In French Occupied Belgium (Despite Export Of British Machinery Being Illegal) Promoted Machinery Steam Engines And Railway Locomotives | Skilled British Worker Who Promoted The Spread Of British Manufacturing To The Rest Of The Continent1835 Cotton Industry Good Worker Happy | Andrew Ure Believed That Conditions Were Improving For The Working People. Ure Wrote In 1835 In His Study Of The Cotton Industry That Conditions In Most Factories Were Not Harsh And Were Even Quite Good.Salon Hostess Who Bettered Herself Through Informal EducationInnovator Seed Drill Selective Breeding And Using Horses Instead Of Oxen As Horses Were Faster

15. Edward Baines

Innovator Seed Drill Selective Breeding And Using Horses Instead Of Oxen As Horses Were FasterI Love Britain | "History Of Cotton Manufacturing In Britain" | Optimistic Flip Side To Malthus | Britain Is An Amazing Industrial Nation B/C Never More Than 23 Miles From Water Fuel Iron Rich We Had Colonies | Parliament's Pro Individual Policies As Well As Our Peace During The Times Of Napoleonic Wars Allowed Britain To Succeed1835 Cotton Industry Good Worker Happy | Andrew Ure Believed That Conditions Were Improving For The Working People. Ure Wrote In 1835 In His Study Of The Cotton Industry That Conditions In Most Factories Were Not Harsh And Were Even Quite Good.Salon Hostess Who Bettered Herself Through Informal Education

16. Cortez And Pizarro

Innovator Seed Drill Selective Breeding And Using Horses Instead Of Oxen As Horses Were FasterSalon Hostess Who Bettered Herself Through Informal Education1835 Cotton Industry Good Worker Happy | Andrew Ure Believed That Conditions Were Improving For The Working People. Ure Wrote In 1835 In His Study Of The Cotton Industry That Conditions In Most Factories Were Not Harsh And Were Even Quite Good.Both Brutally Crush And Dismantle Empires On Their Quest For Precious Metals - Enslave Natives - Both From Spain | Cortez-Mexico-Aztec | Pizarro-peru-incan

17. Prince Henry The Navigator

Innovator Seed Drill Selective Breeding And Using Horses Instead Of Oxen As Horses Were FasterSalon Hostess Who Bettered Herself Through Informal EducationFurthered And Sponsored Portuguese Exploration. Pushed And Sponsered Voyages As Well As Furthering Education And Knowledge Of Geography. Credited As Being A Major Factor In The Inception Of The Age Of Exploration.1835 Cotton Industry Good Worker Happy | Andrew Ure Believed That Conditions Were Improving For The Working People. Ure Wrote In 1835 In His Study Of The Cotton Industry That Conditions In Most Factories Were Not Harsh And Were Even Quite Good.

18. Prince Albert

Married To Queen Victoria Promoted Industry And Crystal PalaceSalon Hostess Who Bettered Herself Through Informal Education1835 Cotton Industry Good Worker Happy | Andrew Ure Believed That Conditions Were Improving For The Working People. Ure Wrote In 1835 In His Study Of The Cotton Industry That Conditions In Most Factories Were Not Harsh And Were Even Quite Good.Innovator Seed Drill Selective Breeding And Using Horses Instead Of Oxen As Horses Were Faster

19. Cornelius Vermuyden

Innovator Seed Drill Selective Breeding And Using Horses Instead Of Oxen As Horses Were FasterSalon Hostess Who Bettered Herself Through Informal Education1835 Cotton Industry Good Worker Happy | Andrew Ure Believed That Conditions Were Improving For The Working People. Ure Wrote In 1835 In His Study Of The Cotton Industry That Conditions In Most Factories Were Not Harsh And Were Even Quite Good.Dutch/Netherlands Guy Who Brought Drainage To England. Drainage Provided More Farmable Land And Decreased Petulance Of Pests Such As Mosquitos

20. James The First

Innovator Seed Drill Selective Breeding And Using Horses Instead Of Oxen As Horses Were FasterScottish Thick Accent First Stuart King. He Wanted Absolute Power. In "True Law Of Free Monarchies" He Claimed Divine Right - He Tried To Lecture Parliament Of Why They Should Listen To Him. | Elizabeth's Successor Didn't Get Along With House Of Commons He Tried To Assert His Dominance Over Them Lecture Them Like You Will Listen To Me1835 Cotton Industry Good Worker Happy | Andrew Ure Believed That Conditions Were Improving For The Working People. Ure Wrote In 1835 In His Study Of The Cotton Industry That Conditions In Most Factories Were Not Harsh And Were Even Quite Good.Salon Hostess Who Bettered Herself Through Informal Education

21. Thomas Malthus

Clergyman Of The Anglican Church Who Preached Sexual Abstinence Because He Was Paranoid The Poor Were Going To Grow To Numerous - Population Outgrowing Food SourceSalon Hostess Who Bettered Herself Through Informal Education1835 Cotton Industry Good Worker Happy | Andrew Ure Believed That Conditions Were Improving For The Working People. Ure Wrote In 1835 In His Study Of The Cotton Industry That Conditions In Most Factories Were Not Harsh And Were Even Quite Good.Innovator Seed Drill Selective Breeding And Using Horses Instead Of Oxen As Horses Were Faster

22. Ptolemy

1835 Cotton Industry Good Worker Happy | Andrew Ure Believed That Conditions Were Improving For The Working People. Ure Wrote In 1835 In His Study Of The Cotton Industry That Conditions In Most Factories Were Not Harsh And Were Even Quite Good.Salon Hostess Who Bettered Herself Through Informal EducationInnovator Seed Drill Selective Breeding And Using Horses Instead Of Oxen As Horses Were FasterWorked Out Complicated Rules And Systems (Math) To Sort Of Track The Stars - But His System Wasn't Perfect Because He Lacked Understanding Of What Truly Made The Stars Move

23. Cesare Beccaria's On Crimes And Punishment

Salon Hostess Who Bettered Herself Through Informal EducationAnti Torture Especially Torture Confessions As... | A Weak Willed Person Can Confess To Being Guilty When They Are Actually Innocent And A Strong Willed Person Will Pretend Innocence When Actually Guilty1835 Cotton Industry Good Worker Happy | Andrew Ure Believed That Conditions Were Improving For The Working People. Ure Wrote In 1835 In His Study Of The Cotton Industry That Conditions In Most Factories Were Not Harsh And Were Even Quite Good.Innovator Seed Drill Selective Breeding And Using Horses Instead Of Oxen As Horses Were Faster

24. Did Nothing For Serfs

Segregation Among Classes Privileges To Nobles Unequal Taxes | No Religious Tolerance For Jews1835 Cotton Industry Good Worker Happy | Andrew Ure Believed That Conditions Were Improving For The Working People. Ure Wrote In 1835 In His Study Of The Cotton Industry That Conditions In Most Factories Were Not Harsh And Were Even Quite Good.Salon Hostess Who Bettered Herself Through Informal EducationInnovator Seed Drill Selective Breeding And Using Horses Instead Of Oxen As Horses Were Faster

25. Thomas Hobbes

Opposite - More Pessimistic Point Of View. He Wrote About The Horrors Of English Civil War - In Leviathan He Said That An Absolute Monarch Was Necessary To Control People. Did Not Believe In Absolute Right. | Charles Ii (Habsburg Of Spain) | When He Died It Started The War Of Spanish Succession1835 Cotton Industry Good Worker Happy | Andrew Ure Believed That Conditions Were Improving For The Working People. Ure Wrote In 1835 In His Study Of The Cotton Industry That Conditions In Most Factories Were Not Harsh And Were Even Quite Good.Salon Hostess Who Bettered Herself Through Informal EducationInnovator Seed Drill Selective Breeding And Using Horses Instead Of Oxen As Horses Were Faster

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